Mailport: Iron Keels, Clothes for Cold, Anchor Roll Bars
KEEL MATERIAL
It would be useful for PS to list which manufacturers use iron encapsulated in their keel. I am surprised to learn that many...
Webbing Uses For Sailors
When a sailor needs to connect point A to point B, he reaches for rope. We make an exception for jacklines because rope rolls...
Product Update: From Solar Panels to Electronic Flares
Several products caught our eye at the Newport Boat Show in Newport, Rhode Island in September, along with some updates to past tests.
Solbian Hit...
A Handy Cockpit Vise Is Ready in a Pinch
Most times when I need a third hand, I can secure whatever I'm working on by jamming it in the groove between dock boards,...
Chafe Protection for Fiber Rodes
Anchorages are strewn with rocks, coral, or even an old engine blocks. For these places the best rode leader is chain. However, with diving...
Gear of the Year Roundup
The bulk of the past years testing focused on maintenance products, safety essentials, and do-it-yourself substitutes for higher priced marine gear. This was a...
New Goyer Guard vs. Firehose
It has been a while since we tested chafe gear (see PS October 2012), or since we described how to make your own chafe...
Verifying Material of Mystery Ropes
When buying rope from a store you verify its source with a glance at the spool and learn its composition, elasticity, and other characteristics...
Bottomless Lockers Be Gone
Storage is a challenge on small boats, and my new-to-me Corsair Marine F-24 trimaran was particularly Spartan this regard. The skinny hulls provided minimum...
Try a Barber Hauler for Better Sail Trim
If you can't position the jib clew exactly where you want it on all courses and in all weather, a barber hauler should be...
The History of Cape Dory Sailboats
Cape Dory Yachts was founded in 1963 by Andrew Vavolotis in East Taunton, Mass. In the following 28 years, the company built over 2,800...
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Catalina 22 Used Boat Review
In its 10th anniversary issue in 1980, Sail magazine named the Catalina 22 the boat that had represented the breakthrough in trailer/cruisers in those...